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INTERVIEW
5. You have been photographing many celebrities. Who was the
most pleasant celebrity to work with? Who was your favourite?
All the celebrity photo shoots are so fast you definitely don’t have time to get
to know them. I did get to hang around while the journalist interviewed Ed
Norton and he was a very cool guy. He had great presence and is very articulate
and intelligent. I thought Tom Cruise had very little presence. I really thought I
would have walked right by him n the street.
6. I was attracted by your art photographs such as street photographs
and the fairy tale portraits of your daughter. How much time
can you dedicate to this photographs?
All the stuff on DA is my personal work. I really wish I could do that kind of
photography full time but the commercial work takes up a lot of time. Once
or twice a month I might have time to shoot stuff for myself but I spend a lot of
time gathering junk for the studio shops which is fun finding some old obscure
item and wondering how i can use it to create a character. Recently I was shooting
some stall holders that see antiques in a street in Shanghai that is very popular
with tourists. I found this amazing staff that was made of brass which is quite unusual
but even more unusual was the fat that the handle was a skull and when you
pulled it out it had a blade inside the staff. Very Victorian. Right down my street
and I know exactly how I’m going to use it in a shoot.
BULB MAGAZINE 9